Piggy eye movements

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Guinea pig eyes move around like ours. This usually can`t be seen because they are so dark (or pink).

I had a pig with a lump on the lense of one eye (she is now OK) and her eye moved up down left and right. I was amazed to discover this fact.

I assume both eyes move in harmony and not like a camellian. Has anyone any more info on eye movements?

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No idea, but very interesting question!

The most I have seen is side to side, when they glare at me before getting back to whatever they were doing...
 
Andersons said:
Guinea pig eyes move around like ours. This usually can`t be seen because they are so dark (or pink).

I had a pig with a lump on the lense of one eye (she is now OK) and her eye moved up down left and right. I was amazed to discover this fact.

I assume both eyes move in harmony and not like a camellian. Has anyone any more info on eye movements?

Anders, :))
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Very interesting question, i'll be looking forward to hearing replies!
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They move their eyes in synch; but they can look upwards/downwards aswell, as looking further back than we do.
 
The eye movements thread has got me thinking a lot about GP eyes.

I wonder if they see colours like us or colours like that of a cat or dog.

Also, I should think they can see well in the dark but perhaps not as good as an owl. Their good night vision is to enable them to scarper off if a preditor bird flies above them.

I`m beginning to sound like David Attinbrough, sorry.

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The only other thing I am aware of is that their depth of vision is not good, so they cannot judge heights. Mine have never had a problem jumping up and down things up to 10 inches high though!
 
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The only other thing I am aware of is that their depth of vision is not good, so they cannot judge heights. Mine have never had a problem jumping up and down things up to 10 inches high though!
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Is it true that they can see better in the dark than in the light?
 
I don't *think* so, they do well in both conditions. Piggies with red/ruby or pink eyes are usually more light sensitive, those piggies tend to do better in slightly darkened conditions (they do not squint as much) although there is no need to make any special arrangements for them, they still manage fine in daylight. Other than that, there is little difference between how they manage in dark and light, whether they actually see better either way is hard to tell.
 
Their colour perception is certainly different to ours.

I tried it; when I was holding skinless bits of cucumber or bits of carrot on my hand, they can't seem to distinguish them from my skin, whereas they had no problems with darker bits of parsley ot grass on my hand.

The farsight is geared towards perceiving sudden movements (i.e. predator attacks, especially birds of prey). If I call my guinea pigs from across the living room or garden, it helps if I wave my hands to guide them.

Nearsight is sharp about as far as they can jump. Guinea pigs live in grasslands where they don't have to depend on good farsigh. They keep in contact by voice; that's why they are the chattiest of the rodents, especially when they are on the move - it's a like constant update of a status report.
 
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